Conviction stands for ex-NYPD officer in stairwell shooting

Police officer Peter Liang reacts as the verdict is read during his trial on charges in the shooting death of Akai Gurley, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016 at Brooklyn Supreme court in New York in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, Pool)

NEW YORK – A judge has decided not to toss the manslaughter conviction of a former New York City police officer who accidentally shot an unarmed man in a public housing project stairwell.

Attorneys for Peter Liang had argued that one of the jurors shouldn't have been on the panel.

Liang was convicted in February of killing Akai Gurley in 2014. The bullet Liang fired ricocheted, striking Gurley.